Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-06-23
COUNTY NEWS
CHERRY GRoVE.

dress you rs q citizen OF the United States
of America. l love old Washington
county; l love Tennessee, but ! worship
the United States. feel proud to be
called q Tennesseean-a mountain hoos-
Ter; I rejoice in this beautiful Southland
wherein I was born, and reared; but !
glory In the name of an American. Oh.
my countrymen. let us rise today out OF
the narrow limits Of our State and Sec
tons and soaring to the sublimest heights
of patriotism let us survey the whole
realm of this imperial Republic. We
have the grandest domain outside of the
walls of Heaven. In the far East, behold
the white pillows of the stormy Atlantic,
washing a coast all jewelled with cities
for two thousand miles; In the far West,
sec the mountainous wave of the mighty
Pacific. colored with the gorgeous
splendors Of the sunset sky, bathing the
golden shores Of California. Far to the
Northward our boundary Is the line Of
eternal frost, where the blossoms of sum-
mer are never born; and in the South our
territory reaches to that land where the
blossoms of summer eve die, and
where the balmy mists OF the Mexican
Gulf and the grand river, inteImixed
with the fragrance Of the magnolia and
the orange, arise like eternal incense Of
worship and thanksgiving to the God of
Heaven. Oh, transcendent region; Par
adise renewed; hundreds of miles of
b~lessedness; from the sunrise shore to
the sunset sea; hundreds OF miles of gold
en- promise, from the northern border to
the southern pillows. We are thankful
that through the intervention Of the in
visible hand Of Divine Providence our
lot has been cast In such 4 glorious do
main, where we have the privilege Of
worshiping God according to the die.
tates Of our W conscience; where We
can enjoy the privileges of the grand
institutions which dot our land; where
we have the right to free speech and free
liberties under the blood stained, star
spangled banner, which triumphantly
waves over the Gland Of the free and thu
home of the brave" But, while we pride
over our grand America, and its privi
leges, we take pride in the fact that w
are truthful; our word and oath having
never been wavcred. Stib our christian
brother, Rev. McAmis, In reply to our
communication Of June 9TH, published
in the H. ST.. in issue Of June 16, classe
us as Satan and liars In the highest sense
Brother, this is pretty hard, | did no
accuse you Of lying; l thought that it wa
through ignorance that you made sucl
statement as l furnished the II. & 7. o
above date; and I again repeat IT.. Yo'
did say that James G. Blaine drank eS
cessively; you did say that Maine in 1876
voted for Prohibition by over 400, 90
. majority; you did say that 10000
600 such cases as a man killing hi
wife and child had OCCURRED in this 60,
eminent. Oh. yes, It's your W cal
Our Rev. Bro. reminds us of q man th'
had three cows, and a calf was found |
/, the lot with them. but none Of the COW
! would own 1t, and the man was put I
to know what cows calf 1t was. His littl
D son said, dad, / say Its old Dun's cal
; and 1 can prove It," The father said
II would like to see you do It," So til
3 boy caught the calf by thctail and bega
: to twist. The calf gave a blate and hel
come old Dun bellowings Nov. Dat
what did I tell your" So, when I ga,
n this Rubush calf's tall q twist, he
come our good Bro. just believing. ar
we are now satisfied that lis his calf, ar
o that he thought the people here SO l
norant and illiterate that be could pal
:. 1t Off on them. Now let me say, / d
d not aim to injure McAmis; l only mea
% to correct those e~xtravagant statemen
C. which he made. did not oppose tel
er perance at all, but advocated 1t. The
at have been at least n dozen TRUTH
G. men who told me that they would swe
d that McAmis did say just what l report
" he did. No, my Bro, when you CONN
~ an error, you must repent; not conn
I'd another, to get out Of the first.
MS Now. II our very Rev. Bro. and prol
I'd bition friends are on the right couri
and have the faith IN Gods word Il
sh they pretend to, why don't they cong
re gate in the name Of the Lord. rememb
e. ing his promise, that "where two
three are gathered together in His nal
there will He be also, and that what
&c ever they ask believing It shall be Civ
Ia unto them" etc., "Oh, We of little fall
to If you have faith even to q grain
o. mustard seed and say unto this mounts
ed be removed unto the sea and 1t will
So" What has become of the faith
our Bro.2 Has he departed from t
nv faith; or never had It?
'or We now drop this subject until so
future time in order to give some (
dots.
I'D w. s. McCollum., p. NJ. Of Newma
DER vile, Greene Co., and his daughter, M
Minnie, were visiting s. X. Hartman s
urday and Sunday. Miss Minnie willp
'ep long her visit for some time.
o0 Cherry Grove had two sermons 81
nus day; In lthe forenoon, by Rev. Oar
Ill, Barnes, and IN the afternoon, by r
az Eldridgo Kinchelo. A good turnout
both hours. TS
led Some sickness now prevails In
r a section, such as cholera morbus and Il
al, Harvest is here. Tho click Of
vsl reaper and scytho and the merry yell
- tho harvoat hands can he heard In aim